a. [ NL. Squalus a genus of sharks (fr. L. squalus a kind of sea fish) + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy. ] Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity. [ 1913 Webster ]
The heterogeneous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]